People are worse at detecting fake news in their foreign language

• Published in: Journal of experimental psychology. Applied Vol. 29; no. 4; p. 712
• Main Authors: Muda, Rafał, Pennycook, Gordon, Hamerski, Damian, Białek, Michał
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.2023
• Subjects: Arousal; Disinformation; Humans; Individuality; Language

Across two preregistered within-subject experiments ( = 570), we found that when using their foreign language, proficient bilinguals discerned true from false news less accurately. This was the case for international news (Experiment 1) and more local news (Experiment 2). When using a foreign (as op...